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Evelyn Underhill Quotes

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I’m often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly Picture Quote #1

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that Picture Quote #1

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day Picture Quote #1

We have descended into the garden and caught three hundred slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike Picture Quote #1

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur Picture Quote #1

As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep; so you, from the raw stuff of perception, may venture to deduce a universe which transcends the reproductive powers of your loom Picture Quote #1

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We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do Picture Quote #1

The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man’s life; and until he has realized it, he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers Picture Quote #1

If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap Picture Quote #1

It seems so much easier in these days to live morally than to live beautifully. Lots of us manage to exist for years without ever sinning against society, but we sin against loveliness every hour of the day Picture Quote #1

The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and image, inadequate to his vision though they must always be: for his experience must be expressed if it is to be communicated, and its actuality is inexpressible except in some hint or parallel which will stimulate the dormant intuition of the reader Picture Quote #1

A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one’s spiritual life, as nothing else can Picture Quote #1

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After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life Picture Quote #1

For the most part, of course, the presence of the great spiritual universe surrounding us is no more noticed by us than the pressure of air on our bodies, or the action of light. Our field of attention is not wide enough for that; our spiritual senses are not sufficiently alert. Most people work so hard at developing their correspondence with the visible world, that their power of correspondence with the invisible is left in a rudimentary state Picture Quote #1

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In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I’m often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) We have descended into the garden and caught three hundred slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep; so you, from the raw stuff of perception, may venture to deduce a universe which transcends the reproductive powers of your loom (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man’s life; and until he has realized it, he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) It seems so much easier in these days to live morally than to live beautifully. Lots of us manage to exist for years without ever sinning against society, but we sin against loveliness every hour of the day (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and image, inadequate to his vision though they must always be: for his experience must be expressed if it is to be communicated, and its actuality is inexpressible except in some hint or parallel which will stimulate the dormant intuition of the reader (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) A simple rule, to be followed whether one is in the light or not, gives backbone to one’s spiritual life, as nothing else can (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life (Evelyn Underhill Quotes) For the most part, of course, the presence of the great spiritual universe surrounding us is no more noticed by us than the pressure of air on our bodies, or the action of light. Our field of attention is not wide enough for that; our spiritual senses are not sufficiently alert. Most people work so hard at developing their correspondence with the visible world, that their power of correspondence with the invisible is left in a rudimentary state (Evelyn Underhill Quotes)

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